Different Strokes for Different Folks
Music, as we know, is subjective. Some people calm down to tracks with a slow tempo, gradual chord progressions and drawn-out notes. And then chaotic and up-tempo music tends to have the opposite effect for others.
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According to Daniel Levitin, a professor of psychology who researches the cognitive neuroscience of music at McGill University in Canada, there’s also no single “music center” in the brain. He says. “One thing people find surprising is that music activates nearly every region of brain we’ve mapped so far.” This gives us an idea of how universal and powerful music is.